Corporate Accountant

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Employment Type: Temporary Full Time Workplace Type: Hybrid

About our Vancouver Office

Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountains, Teck’s Corporate Office sits in one of Canada’s most culturally diverse cities.

Surrounded by world-renowned nature and globally inspired cuisine, the office brings together many of Teck’s corporate functions - all working toward Teck’s purpose of providing the essential resources the world relies on.

Role Overview

Reporting to the Supervisor, Corporate Accounting, the person in charge of this role oversees the full cycle accounting of the Company's corporate ledgers. This role involves coordinating the advancement of sophisticated accounting transactions, treasury accounting, and corporate reporting within corporate accounting. Responsibilities are not limited to month-end close and journal entries, balance sheet reconciliation and analysis, internal control compliance, financial statement and note preparation, and strategic reporting.

This successful candidate will act as a general ledger power user and will support the accounting team by being a go-to person for ERP and G/L use. This outstanding role is system savvy and assists team members with Onestream analysis, Wdesk, and other accounting tools! As the position is a key liaison to other departments including Tax, Legal, Treasury, and Consolidation, we are looking for an individual who is comfortable presenting and working with various departments and locations across the company.

Key Responsibilities

- Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures.

- Understand, prepare and process journal entries including bank, debt, derivative contracts, intercompany transactions, revaluation of foreign currency balances, pension accruals, fair market value adjustments and others.

- Liaise with the treasury department on changes to debt, derivatives, hedging, foreign exchange contracts, and others.

- Handle accounting for banking transactions using treasury software (Integrity).

- Analyze and communicate consolidation and operation data issues with the Consolidation Teams.

- Load monthly ledgers into consolidation software (HFM) and review for accuracy.

- Manage quarterly and annual notes to the consolidated financial statements as assigned.

- Prepare monthly schedules for the monthly financial booklet distributed to senior management for analysis and review.

- Prepare monthly account reconciliations for balance sheet accounts.

- Support the tax department’s preparation of corporate tax returns and tax audits by providing information as requested.

- Produce non-consolidated legal entity financial statements of various companies for tax filings.

- Prepare audit working papers for interim and year-end audits; liaise with internal and external auditors.

- Align with SOX procedures and controls in place.

- Implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy of the financial close process and the internal control environment.

- Liaise with various sites and other head office departments on ad-hoc projects, including new system implementation and testing.

Qualifications

- CPA designation and 1 to 3 years of post-qualification experience working for a large company in the accounting department (preferably as part of the corporate accounting function).

- Proficient ledger accountant with strong IFRS and month-end close background.

- Experience with financial and management reporting.

- Awareness of SOX and internal control environment experience.

- Capability to work with other departments and understand sophisticated business transactions, provide recommendations and communicate accounting conclusions effectively.

- Strong attention to detail and outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to prioritize, manage multiple tasks, adapt to changing priorities, and deliver on tight deadlines.

- Ability to work independently and inventively with minimal direction.

- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.

- Strong digital literacy, with expert spreadsheet skills.

- Experience with top-tier ERP and consolidation systems, and other financial reporting software.

Pay Range: CAD $83,000 - $103,000 per year

The actual amount offered is determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies and considers internal equity.

Why Teck

At Teck, your work matters—to the world, to our communities and to your future.

As a leading Canadian resource company, we focus on responsibly providing the metals essential for global development and the energy transition while caring for the people, communities and land that we love. We do this guided by our values that, together, form The Teck Way. At Teck, you’ll find purpose-driven work, a culture of respect and inclusion, and the opportunity to grow your career while helping build a better world.

Apply with us

Take the next step in your career by applying for the Corporate Accountant role. We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply, even if your background doesn’t match every requirement. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free hiring process. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

Requisition ID: 53544 | Job Category: Finance | Employment Type: Temporary Full Time | Location: Vancouver | Workplace Type: #LI - Hybrid